Just like humans, trees should get regular "haircuts" to stay looking and feeling their best. For trees, this is called "pruning," and it's the process of selectively removing or trimming problematic ...

Spring is the worst time of year to prune your dogwood tree because you can negatively impact spring blooms. If you want to prune your dogwood trees, any other time of the year is perfect, depending ...

Living alongside neighbors can be tricky. Whether sworn enemies or close friends, sharing space with people brings plenty of potential flashpoints for petty arguments. This is especially obvious when ...

Peach trees are generally considered easy to grow—but that doesn't mean you can skip pruning. Pruning is an essential step in ensuring that your tree produces as much quality fruit as possible and can ...

I need to have one of my trees pruned. Is this a good time to have this done? Do you have any advice on choosing a company to do this? — Darnel Dobson Now is a great time to have trees pruned. In the ...

Quinces are attractive fruit trees that can reach up to 20 feet tall, depending on the variety, and produce highly fragrant yellow fruits popular for jams, jellies, or desserts. If you grow a quince ...

Have you ever witnessed trees being pruned by men with a truck, ladder, and a chainsaw? For everyone who needs a young tree pruned to produce a good structure (which is very important for live oaks) ...

Q: I have a friend who has a river birch planted very close to the front of her house. One of the branches is hanging over the house all the way to the back. My friend's husband wants the tree gone ...

My Jan. 31 article addressed the importance of removing lower branches of young trees as they develop. This raises the canopy over time to allow clearance for landscape maintenance activities and ...

Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...